Adjective in English презентация

Adjective-is one of the English parts of speech and describes a noun or a pronoun.

Adjectives tell us more about nouns (someone or something).
An adjective usually comes before a noun.
For example:
John lives in a new house.
(adjective) (noun)

Adjective answer these questions
Which one? ( yellow, that)
What kind? (plastic, special)
How many? (sixteen, many)
Whose? (his, its, John’s)

We can form adjectives from nouns
region regional
person personal
wonder wonderful
success successful
history historic
magic magical

ADVERBS FROM ADJECTIVES
HAPPY HAPPILY
REAL REALLY
SLOW SLOWLY
EASY EASILY
BAD BADLY
BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFULLY

Person
Possesive
Pronouns
Personal pronouns

There are three degrees of comparison adjectives:
Positive degree
Comparative degree
Superlative degree

Positive Degree
We use the positive degree when we speak
about only one person or thing.
Example:
The house is a big.
This flower is beautiful.

Comparative Degree
we use the comparative degree when we compare two persons or two things with each other.
Example :
My house is bigger than yours.
My brother is taller than me

Superlative degree
we use the superlative degree when we compare more than two persons or things with one another.
Example:
This is the most interesting book
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

Forming
the Comparative

Cold Colder
Old Older
Tall Taller
Fast Faster
We add –er
to one syllable adjectives.

Hot Hotter
Big Bigger
Fat Fatter
We add –er after
a vowel+consonant,
we double the final consonant.

We add –er to one-syllable adjectives ending in –e.
Wide Wider
Late Later
Large Larger

We add –ier to
two-syllable adjectives after
a consonant+ -y.
Easy Easier
Early Earlier
Happy Happier

We use more with two or more syllable adjectives.
Beautiful More beautiful
Famous More famous
Useful More useful
Comfortable More comfortable

We can use –er or more with some two-syllable adjectives
Quieter or More quiet
Cleverer or More clever
Narrower or More narrow
Simpler or More simple
Commoner or More common

We use the comparative
form of adjectives to compare
one person, thing, etc. with another.

Red house is bigger than blue house
comparative + than
we use than after the comparative

Forming
the Superlative

We use –est, -st or –iest
to form the superlative of
one-syllable adjectives.
old older the oldest
large larger the largest
happy happier the happiest
wet wetter the wettest
late later the latest

We use most to form the superlative of adjectives that have two or more syllables
comfortable the most comfortable
interesting the most interesting
important the most important
beautiful the most beautiful
famous the most famous

We use the superlative form of the adjective to compare three or more people, things, etc.

the + superlative
we use the before the superlative
He is the happiest man in the world.

We use as+comparative+as
to compare places, people,
events or things, when
there is no difference.
as + comparative + as

Tom is 14 years old.
Marry is as old as Tom.
Marry is also 14 years old.

Examples

Small
Small+er
the small+est
Let's compare

older than …….
I am 58
I am 64
I am
70
Molly
Bob
Barbara
Molly is old
Bob is older than Molly
Barbara is the oldest of all
the oldest of all

The moon is as happy as the sun.

beautiful
more
beautiful
the most
beautiful

A strawberry is smaller than a pumpkin.

Remember
Irregular Adjectives
Bad – worse – the worst
Good – better – the best
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Don’t forget

Irregular forms
Good – better – the best
Bad – worse – the worst
Far – father - the farthest
Old – older/elder – the oldest/eldest

Exercises

Interesting ___________ the most interesting
_______ more dangerous ___________
Difficult ___________ ___________
Wonderful ___________ ___________
more interesting
Dangerous the most dangerous
more difficult the most difficult
more wonderful the most wonderful
Write the missing words
© Л.Б. Гмыря, учитель английского языка, МОУ СОШ № 72, 2007 г.

Nice nicer the nicest
Small ________ the smallest
Big bigger ______________
Funny ___________ _______________
_________ ___________ the happiest
_________ cleverer _______________
Long ________ the longest
______ newer __________
______ _______ the hottest
smaller
the biggest
funnier the funniest
Happy happier
Clever the cleverest
longer
Hot hotter
Write the missing words
New the newest

Let’s do exercises!
Bicycles are ___________ (slow) cars.
She is ___________(nice ) person I know.
What is ____________ (good) film you have seen?
Computers are ___________ (cheap) mobile phones.
Is your brother _____________ (tall) you?
I think Spanish is ______________ (easy) Japanese.
Our dog is _____________(nice ) your dog.